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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mowat, wolves mate:
(a) With a single partner for life
(b) Only after a long courtship
(c) With several different partners
(d) Every six months or so

2. How many passengers is the aircraft designed to carry?
(a) Two
(b) Ten
(c) Thirty
(d) Twenty

3. What does Mowat show to Mike?
(a) Ammunition
(b) Family pictures
(c) Scientific equipment
(d) Photo supplies

4. Mike lives alone in how many square miles?
(a) 1,000
(b) 5,000
(c) 10,000
(d) 500

5. There, Mowat encounters:
(a) Some hungry mice
(b) An old trapper
(c) A curious wolf cub
(d) Some vicious fish

6. Mowat stays in Churchill through what month?
(a) March
(b) May
(c) April
(d) June

7. What is the name of materials needed for the lupine project?
(a) Necessities
(b) Desiderata
(c) Essentials
(d) Procurements

8. Where does Mowat finally see the wolves?
(a) Just outside the wolf den
(b) Running through a nearby valley
(c) About twenty feet behind him
(d) Frolicking in the river

9. When did the pilot promise to return?
(a) In the spring
(b) In the fall
(c) Next year
(d) At the full moon

10. What best describes Mowat's operations order?
(a) Lucrative
(b) Secretive
(c) Unspecific
(d) Specific

11. What gear is labeled "danger?"
(a) Smoke generators
(b) Grain alcohol
(c) Shotguns
(d) Grenades

12. Scatology is the study of animal:
(a) Breeding
(b) Tracks
(c) Droppings
(d) Behavior

13. Mowat includes a recipe in this chapter for what dish?
(a) Fried mice in a cream sauce
(b) Barbequed mice with pepper sauce
(c) Mouse stew with potatoes and carrots
(d) A baked casserole made from mice

14. How does Mowat make his retreat?
(a) Running full tilt down the hill
(b) Canoeing down the river
(c) Swimming across the river
(d) Walking backwards up a slope

15. Why does the plane have trouble taking off?
(a) A drunken pilot
(b) A broken wing
(c) A faulty engine
(d) Frozen skis

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the cabin smell bad?

2. What is the pilot's dream?

3. Mowat's radio has a range of how many miles?

4. Young Mowat finds what dying animals on his grandparents' land?

5. When do the male wolves usually leave their area to hunt?

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